The Bachelor of International Hospitality Management focuses on issues of sustainability, digital integration, and global citizenship to ensure you have industry-relevant skills to launch an exciting career anywhere in the world. Your final year includes valuable workplace experience, working with an organization on a project related to your studies.
 

Modules

Year 1

In your first year, you take courses that cover fundamental hospitality concepts, including the courses International Hospitality Management and Applied Food and Beverage Management (Restaurant).
 

You explore themes of hospitality for social change and what it means to be hospitable within hospitality organisations and society, while still focusing on the practical skills required.
 

Year 2 and 3

In your second and third year, you develop in-depth skills and knowledge of hospitality through your chosen major and can take courses from a range of other areas. Issues of sustainability, ethics and social justice will be explored in all the hospitality courses you take.
 

In your final core course, Work Integrated Learning, you complete workplace experience in an organization related to your major.
 

The degree is flexible enough to enable you to specialize in more than one hospitality discipline or to take a major or minor from outside hospitality. You can choose from hundreds of majors, minors, and electives and build a degree that fits your passions and interests.
 

You choose:

• A Bachelor of International Hospitality Management major (120 points) and
• One of the following options
• A second major from the Bachelor of International Hospitality Management (120 points); or
• A major from another AUT degree (120 points); or
• A first minor (60 points) and a second minor (60 points)*
• A minor (60 points) and elective courses (60 points)*
   

Career Outcomes

Hospitality in different working environments, where profit may not be the primary objective. Including disability service providers, schools, churches, hospitals, migrant centers, wellness retreats, youth detention, and retirement villages.

What will I learn?

A graduate of the Bachelor of International Hospitality Management will be able to:

a) Critically analyze and evaluate information from multiple sources to generate insights and inform decision-making. (Inquiry, Research & Creativity)

b) Apply independent reasoning and reflective thinking skills to advance understanding and development. (Personal & Intellectual Autonomy)

c) Demonstrate knowledge of key issues facing hospitality organizations about sustainability and society. (Knowledge/Understanding)

d) Apply skills and techniques to create hospitality experiences and manage hospitality organizations. (Skills & Application)

e) Effectively collaborate within diverse teams and groups to produce hospitable outcomes. (Skills & Application)

f) Demonstrate an understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles and their relationship with hospitable practice. (Knowledge & Understanding; Ethical & Professional Dispositions)

g) Demonstrate an understanding of equity, hospitality ethics, professional practice, and social responsibility. (Ethical & Professional Dispositions)

h) Communicate professionally and effectively using a range of methods appropriate to a variety of contexts and audiences. (Communication)

i) Plan, implement, and complete an applied project. (Skills & Application; Inquiry, Research & Creativity)

In addition to achieving the broader outcomes of the Bachelor International Hospitality Management, a graduate of the Hospitality Management major will be able to:

a. Interpret financial information for decision-making within the hospitality industry. (Knowledge & Understanding; Skills & Application)

b. Align food and beverage operations with organizational goals and apply skills and techniques to manage costs while creating quality customer experiences. (Knowledge & Understanding; Skills & Application)

c. Understand and apply principles of marketing for the development of hospitality products and services. (Knowledge & Understanding; Skills & Application)

d. Demonstrate future-orientated thinking to formulate strategic decisions that are in line with the organizational purpose and promote sustainability. (Knowledge & Understanding; Ethical & Professional Dispositions)

e. Develop functioning teams to support the achievement of departmental and organizational objectives. (Personal & Intellectual Autonomy; Skills & Application; Ethical & Professional Dispositions)